Transactions of the Luzerne County, Pa. , Medical Society, Vol. 13

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Luzerne County, Pa., Medical Society, Vol. 13: For the Year Ending December 31, 1905 In 1747 there was published in Philadelphia a quaint and curious little book entitled Primitive Physic; or, An Easy and. Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases. This book was compiled by the celebrated John Wesley, Master of Arts, the founder of Methodism. In his preface he deals with the raison d'etre of the book, incidentally recalling how man was sent from the hands of God perfect, needing no physic; but, rebelling against the Sovereign of all, the seeds of pain and sickness were lodged in the body, and a thousand disorders increased by everything around us. The sun and moon shed unwholesome influences from above; the earth exhales poison ous damps from below; the air itself that surrounds us is replete with the shafts of death; yea, the food we eat daily saps the foundations of life. With reference to the use of the rem edies set forth in his book Wesley says: As soon as you know your disorder - Mich is easy, unless in a complication of dis orders, and then you will do well to apply to a physician who fears God. I should advise: First, use the medicine first advised for that disease; the second, if that is of none effect; the third, and so on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.